Working time autonomy is often accompanied by output-based incentives to counterbalance the loss of monitoring that comes with granting autonomy. However, in such settings, overprovision of effort could arise if workers are uncertain whether their performance suffices to secure the output-based...

Working time autonomy is often accompanied by output-based incentives to counterbalance the loss of monitoring that comes with granting autonomy. However, in such settings, overprovision of effort could arise if workers are uncertain whether their performance suffices to secure the output-based...

In this study, we explore the relation between job characteristics and employees' self-evaluations of performance in comparison to their colleagues' performance. Making use of unique individual panel data of ten large firms in Germany's chemical industry, we focus on monetary rewards (bonus...

Ob Lob, Prämien oder Incentives - alles, was in Unternehmen zur Mitarbeiter-Motivation praktiziert wird, ist kontraproduktiv, wie die Finanzkrise nur allzu deutlich zeigte. Reinhard K. Sprenger zerlegt die weitverbreiteten Anreizsysteme in unseren Unternehmen und ihre kontraproduktiven Folgen....

Auf welchen theoretischen Grundlagen basiert der Teamquotient? - Wie werden die einzelnen Erhebungsebenen definiert und was wird in diesen genau untersucht? - Welche grundsätzlichen Aussagen können über die Teilbereiche des Teamquotienten getroffen werden? - Welche Ergebnisse haben...